Antonio Felix da Costa claimed the ABB FIA Formula E Drivers’ Championship and DS Techeetah the Teams’ title in the Berlin E-Prix Round 9, with the Portuguese following team-mate and race winner Jean-Eric Vergne home at Tempelhof.
Vergne secured his first victory of the 2019/20 season, with da Costa finishing the race second – the pair having fended off the advances of Nissan e.dams’ Sebastien Buemi, who came home third, to ensure DS Techeetah took the Teams’ Championship.
Da Costa holds a Drivers’ Championship lead the likes of which Formula E has never seen – a 76-point, unassailable advantage over team-mate Vergne, who now sits second with 60 points left to play for. No driver has won the title with two rounds to spare, and this in his first season with DS Techeetah.
The team has now secured victory in four of the last five rounds, including three at the most intense season finale in motorsport history from Berlin’s Tempelhof Airport, and there’s an additional accolade for DS Techeetah to chase this season. No outfit in Formula E history has seen its drivers finish one and two in the Drivers’ running – a firm possibility with two races of the season left to run at Tempelhof on August 12/13.
Race Results
1/ Jean-Eric Vergne
2/ Antonio Felix da Costa
3/ Sebastien Buemi
4/ Nyck de Vries
5/ Oliver Rowland
6/ Lucas di Grassi
7/ Mitch Evans
8/ Andre Lotterer
9/ Alex Lynn
10/ Felipe Massa
11/ Sam Bird
12/ Stoffel Vandoorne
13/ Alexander Sims
14/ Edoardo Mortara
15/ Jerome D’Ambrosio
16/ Rene Rast
17/ James Calado
18/ Daniel Abt
19/ Neel Jani
20/ Nico Mueller
21/ Sergio Sette Camara
22/ Oliver Turvey
DNF Maximilian Guenther
DNS Robin Frijns
Driver standings (Top 10)
Antonio Felix da Costa DS TECHEETAH 156
Jean-Eric Vergne DS TECHEETAH 80
Maximilian Guenther BMW i Andretti Motorsport 69
Lucas di Grassi Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler 69
Sebastien Buemi Nissan e.dams 67
Mitch Evans Panasonic Jaguar Racing 65
Andre Lotterer TAG Heuer Porsche 59
Stoffel Vandoorne Mercedes-Benz EQ 57
Oliver Rowland Nissan e.dams 54
Sam Bird Envision Virgin Racing 52
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